MS Arabic 168

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MS Arabic 168. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Description

Composite manuscript with two separate works by Ibn al-Nafis and Al-Jaghmini. There are blank spaces for unwritten titles with leaves missing at the end. This manuscript is incomplete.

Physical description

Material: paper; leaf dimensions: diameter 155mm, length 245mm; written dimensions: diameter 110mm, length 170mm

Acquisition note

Accessioned into the collection on 1st June 1928. Bought from Sotheby's auction house 30th April 1928 for £1 5s.

Hand note

Script: Nastaliq Ink: Black and red Scribe: More than one copyist.
The second work in this composite volume is in the Naskh script with diacritical vowels present.

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